STAND. COM. REP. NO.  763

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 130

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 130, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to assist female inmates to successfully transition and reintegrate back into the community by requiring the Department of Public Safety (PSD) to determine the number of eligible women and contract with providers of gender-responsive community services to provide an array of services to assist these women.  This measure also appropriates funds for these purposes.

     The Drug Policy Action Group, Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition, The Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii, Community Alliance on Prisons, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, a Councilmember of the Maui County Council, and several concerned individuals supported this bill.  PSD provided comments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 130, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair